Here’s the May edition of our monthly quiz. Enter your answers below or e-mail them to maxie@thefulltoss.com . Good luck!
1. Apocryphally, who bowled his final delivery in first class cricket (to David Boon) with his flies undone and, so he says, his “old man” hanging out?
2. Who completed his 71 match test career with a batting average of only 18.73 but a highest score of 201 not out?
3. Which two nations are full test sides in women’s international cricket, but not men’s?
4. Apart from Headingley, only one other Yorkshire venue has ever hosted a test match. Which?
5. Which of these counties did Chris Lewis never play for: Surrey, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Gloucestershire?
6. Kia (now), Brit (formerly) and AMP (ditto) have all occupied a particular cricketing distinction. But who were first?
7. Which cricketers have been significant in the careers of (a) Lilia Kopylova and (b) Karen Hardy?
8. Which pairs of test nations compete for: (a) The Wisden Trophy, (b) The Frank Worrell Trophy, and (c) The Basil D’Oliveira Trophy?
9. Rank these cricket journalists by the number of test matches they played for England, in descending order (ie, most first). Steve James, Simon Hughes, Vic Marks, Jonathan Agnew.
10. Its occasional twentieth century exponents include Hedley Verity, Jack Iverson and Mike Brearley, and it was – probably – last deployed in first-class cricket by Oxford University’s Phil Gerrans in 1990. Since 2000 it has been illegal unless agreed by the captains in advance. What?
I’ll have a crack, but I wouldn’t bother copying my answers. ;)
1) Tuffers?
2) Gillespie
3) Netherlands and Canada?
4) Scarborough?
5) Gloucestershire
6) AMP
7) Dazzler and Ramps
8) Eng v WI, WI v AUS, ENG v SA?
9) Agnew, James, Marks, Hughes? I know Agnew played a few and Hughes didn’t play any.
10) Under-arm?
I think the lack of right answers will confirm I’m too lazy to cheat.
That smiley face should have been a number 8, obviously. Whoops.